It's Quiz Time REVIEW: One of the best family-friendly quizzes on console?

It's Quiz Time REVIEW: One of the best family-friendly quizzes on console?

It's Quiz Time is the closest you're going to get to a Buzz game on your console in this day in age.

The difference is with this new take on the local multiplayer quiz game, you don't have to buy any wire-heavy peripherals at extra cost (and causing extra clutter).

The game allows you to play with your family or friends by installing an app on your tablet or smartphone and using it as the control pad for your game.

This opens up a variety of play styles and question types: you can order things by the year that they were made, estimate values on a sliding scale, quickly select categories from a board of answers or take part in elimination style rounds, too.

The question categories make you think of shows from The Chase to Only Connect, Pointless to Eggheads - it's a quiz-lovers dream game.

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It’s Quiz Time is set to be the biggest trivia game ever released on console and PC, with over 25,000 questions and answers in a range of topics that will suit groups of friends and family alike

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There are over 30,000 questions in the game across a ton of categories ranging from Classic Rock to Videogame Developers, Architecture to Animal Biology.

So there's practically something there for everyone. We found in our review that some of the questions (especially around TV) were a little American-centric, but we can forgive that when considering the range of trivia on offer.

We will note that the app required to play the game on your device is pretty power-hungry, especially if you're running sound.

But with presentation values and flow designed the way it is, we can't really complain - the game is a solid offering.

There's even a solo mode for quiz-hungry players to jump in and score attack in themselves - not bad for the meager price of purchase on PSN and Xbox One.

You can also use your mobile phone or tablet to take pictures of yourself or your team when your first sign in, meaning you get personalised icons when you answer a question first - or beat your opponents.

It adds a sense of friendly rivalry to the quiz, which is always nice - especially in a party scenario.

Thanks to the ability to input your birthday into the game, you'll also get personalised questions, too: "What album released the same year [your dad] was born?" for example.

It brings a nice level of intimacy to the game that rival products tend to lack.

THE VERDICT - 4/5

THE GOOD• Vibrant and well-presented• Good variety of rounds and question types• Innovative use of smartphones as control panels

THE BAD• Some American-centric content• Can take a little while to get going, and you may get disconnected at times